Precious Rucker Murdered in Austin, Murder Suspect, Wanya Smith at large

Officials have identified the suspect as 21-year-old Wanya Kasean Smith of Austin, who is suspected of murdering his sister, 38-year-old Precious Angel Rucker of Austin.

TCSO says deputies responded around 5:19 p.m. Sept. 7 to a 911 call asking for a welfare check on a woman.

When the deputies arrived at the home in the 1700 block of W. Wells Branch Parkway, the woman, Rucker, was found dead with “obvious injuries.”

After obtaining a search warrant, detectives searched the home overnight.

Smith is suspected of murdering his sister and tampering with evidence.

Smith is described as:

Smith was last seen in the Wells Branch area.

Anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts is asked to call 911 immediately and not attempt to interact with him.

Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to call the TCSO tip line at 512-854-1444 or Crime Stoppers at 512-472-8477.

This marks TCSO’s fifth homicide investigation for the year.

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